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Table 19. Characteristics of families with own children under 18, by family status and race/ethnicity: 2003
[In thousands]

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                          |            All races\1\         |      White, non-Hispanic      |           Black only         |           Hispanic
                          |_________________________________|_______________________________|______________________________|______________________________
                          |        |        | Other families|       |        |Other families|      |        |Other families|      |        |Other families
                          |        |        |_______________|       |        |______________|      |        |______________|      |        |______________
Family                    |        |        |  Male |Female |       |        |  Male |Female|      |        |  Male |Female|      |        |  Male |Female
characteristic            |        |Married-|house- |house- |       |Married-|house- |house-|      |Married-|house- |house-|      |Married-|house- |house-
                          |  Total | couple |holder,|holder,| Total | couple |holder,|holder|Total | couple |holder,|holder| Total| couple |holder,|holder,
                          |        |families|    no |    no |       |families|    no |   no |      |families|    no |   no |      |families|    no |   no
                          |        |        |spouse |spouse |       |        |spouse |spouse|      |        |spouse |spouse|      |        |spouse |spouse
                          |        |        |present|present|       |        |present|presen|      |        |present|presen|      |        |present|present
__________________________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|___________
1                         |      2 |      3 |     4 |     5 |     6 |      7 |     8 |    9 |   10 |     11 |    12 |   13 |   14 |     15 |    16 |   17
__________________________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|___________
                          |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
   Total families ........|  75,596|  57,320|  4,656| 13,620| 53,845|  44,101|  2,674| 7,070| 8,928|   4,165|    762| 4,000| 9,090|   6,189|    872| 2,029
                          |________|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|___________
Total families with       |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
   own children under 18 .|  35,968|  25,914|  1,915|  8,139| 23,378|  18,242|  1,176| 3,960| 4,957|   2,082|    285| 2,591| 5,704|   4,001|    346| 1,357
Percent of all families ..|    47.6|    45.2|   41.1|   59.8|   43.4|    41.4|   44.0|  56.0|  55.5|    50.0|   37.4|  64.8|  62.8|    64.6|   39.7|  66.9
Percent distribution .....|   100.0|    72.0|    5.3|   22.6|  100.0|    78.0|    5.0|  16.9| 100.0|    42.0|    5.7|  52.3| 100.0|    70.1|    6.1|  23.8
Families with             |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
  1 child under 18 .......|  15,183|   9,875|  1,174|  4,134|  9,993|   7,041|    752| 2,199| 2,219|     851|    176| 1,192| 2,097|   1,307|    181|   609
  2 children under 18 ....|  13,539|  10,520|    534|  2,486|  9,100|   7,576|    321| 1,202| 1,636|     760|     72|   805| 2,032|   1,501|    111|   420
  3 children under 18 ....|   5,290|   4,037|    151|  1,102|  3,234|   2,715|     78|   441|   742|     316|     24|   402| 1,109|     849|     40|   220
  4 or more under 18 .....|   1,955|   1,482|     57|    417|  1,052|     910|     24|   117|   361|     155|     13|   193|   466|     345|     14|   107
                          |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
Total families with       |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
   own children under 6 ..|  15,584|  11,743|    729|  3,111|  9,706|   7,974|    380| 1,352| 2,077|     896|    105| 1,076| 2,933|   2,152|    196|   586
Percent of all families ..|    20.6|    20.5|   15.7|   22.8|   18.0|    18.1|   14.2|  19.1|  23.3|    21.5|   13.8|  26.9|  32.3|    34.8|   22.5|  28.9
                          |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
Total families with       |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
   own children under 3 ..|   9,081|   7,014|    451|  1,615|  5,723|   4,817|    232|   674| 1,158|     485|     73|   600| 1,689|   1,283|    118|   287
Percent of all families ..|    12.0|    12.2|    9.7|   11.9|   10.6|    10.9|    8.7|   9.5|  13.0|    11.6|    9.6|  15.0|  18.6|    20.7|   13.5|  14.1
                          |________|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|______
                          |                                                           Standard errors
                          |_________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ______ ______ ________ _______ ______
                          |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
   Total families ........| (238.1)| (217.2)| (69.4)|(116.6)|(212.2)| (196.5)| (52.8)|(85.1)|(82.6)|  (60.0)| (26.7)|(58.9)|(78.6)|  (68.9)| (28.4)|(42.5)
                          |________|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|______|______|________|_______|______
Total families with       |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
   own children under 18 .| (180.7)| (156.8)| (44.7)| (91.1)|(149.7)| (133.6)| (35.1)|(64.1)|(64.8)|  (43.5)| (16.4)|(47.6)|(68.9)|  (58.9)| (18.1)|(35.4)
Percent of all families ..|  (0.19)|  (0.21)| (0.74)| (0.43)| (0.22)|  (0.24)| (0.98)|(0.61)|(0.51)|  (0.76)| (1.71)|(0.74)|(0.49)|  (0.59)| (1.62)|(1.02)
Percent distribution .....|    (†) |  (0.24)| (0.12)| (0.23)|   (†) |  (0.28)| (0.15)|(0.25)|  (†) |  (0.68)| (0.32)|(0.69)|  (†) |  (0.59)| (0.31)|(0.55)
Families with             |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
  1 child under 18 .......| (122.7)| (100.0)| (35.1)| (65.4)|(100.6)|  (84.9)| (28.1)|(47.9)|(44.8)|  (28.2)| (12.9)|(33.2)|(43.6)|  (34.8)| (13.1)|(23.9)
  2 children under 18 ....| (116.2)| (103.1)| (23.7)| (50.9)| (96.1)|  (88.0)| (18.4)|(35.5)|(38.7)|  (26.7)|  (8.3)|(27.4)|(43.0)|  (37.2)| (10.3)|(19.9)
  3 children under 18 ....|  (73.8)|  (64.7)| (12.6)| (34.0)| (58.0)|  (53.2)|  (9.1)|(21.5)|(26.4)|  (17.3)|  (4.8)|(19.5)|(32.1)|  (28.2)|  (6.2)|(14.4)
  4 or more under 18 .....|  (45.2)|  (39.4)|  (7.7)| (20.9)| (33.2)|  (30.9)|  (5.0)|(11.1)|(18.5)|  (12.1)|  (3.5)|(13.5)|(21.0)|  (18.1)|  (3.7)|(10.1)
                          |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
Total families with       |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
   own children under 6 ..| (124.2)| (108.6)| (27.7)| (56.9)| (99.2)|  (90.2)| (20.0)|(37.6)|(43.4)|  (28.9)| (10.0)|(31.6)|(51.1)|  (44.2)| (13.6)|(23.5)
Percent of all families ..|  (0.15)|  (0.17)| (0.55)| (0.37)| (0.17)|  (0.19)| (0.69)|(0.48)|(0.44)|  (0.62)| (1.22)|(0.68)|(0.48)|  (0.59)| (1.38)|(0.98)
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Total families with       |        |        |       |       |       |        |       |      |      |        |       |      |      |        |       |
   own children under 3 ..|  (96.0)|  (84.7)| (21.8)| (41.1)| (76.7)|  (70.5)| (15.6)|(26.6)|(32.8)|  (21.4)|  (8.3)|(23.7)|(39.3)|  (34.5)| (10.6)|(16.5)
Percent of all families ..|  (0.12)|  (0.14)| (0.44)| (0.28)| (0.14)|  (0.15)| (0.56)|(0.36)|(0.35)|  (0.48)| (1.04)|(0.55)|(0.40)|  (0.50)| (1.13)|(0.75)
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†Not applicable.
\1\Race of family is defined as race of head of household. Columns 2, 3, 4, and 5 include other race/ethnicity groups not separately shown.

NOTE: Own children are never-married sons and daughters, including stepchildren and adopted children, of the householder or married couple. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Families and Living Arrangements, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2005, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2003.html. (This table was prepared March 2005.)